[ Stearns Cooperative Elec Assn / MN ]
Stearns Cooperative Elec Assn electricity rates in Minnesota
NO RATE CASE ON FILE · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
What your bill becomes
Estimated at Stearns Cooperative Elec Assn's average effective residential rate (14.07¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 10.77¢ | — | 23,836 |
| 2016 | 11.15¢ | +3.5% | 24,138 |
| 2017 | 11.23¢ | +0.7% | 24,414 |
| 2018 | 11.24¢ | +0.1% | 24,688 |
| 2019 | 11.53¢ | +2.6% | 24,897 |
| 2020 | 11.80¢ | +2.3% | 25,139 |
| 2021 | 12.17¢ | +3.1% | 25,483 |
| 2022 | 11.59¢ | −4.8% | 25,735 |
| 2023 | 12.72¢ | +9.8% | 25,910 |
| 2024 | 13.88¢ | +9.1% | 26,138 |
| 2025 | 14.07¢ | +1.4% | 26,275 |
How this compares
Serves 6 counties in Minnesota: Douglas, Kandiyohi, Morrison, Pope, Stearns, Todd. 43 ZIP codes.
Questions
Is Stearns Cooperative Elec Assn raising rates in 2026?
No rate case for Stearns Cooperative Elec Assn is on file with the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission in our tracker. Its average residential rate moved +1.4% from 2024 to 2025. We check the commission docket monthly.
What does Stearns Cooperative Elec Assn charge per kWh?
Stearns Cooperative Elec Assn's average effective residential rate was 14.07¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). Minnesota's 2025 average was 15.83¢.
How much have Stearns Cooperative Elec Assn rates gone up in five years?
+19.2% between 2020 and 2025, against +24.1% for Minnesota as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does Stearns Cooperative Elec Assn have in Minnesota?
26,275 residential customers in 2025, across 6 counties including Douglas, Kandiyohi, Morrison, according to the EIA-861 survey.
Where do these numbers come from?
Rates and customer counts are from the US Energy Information Administration's annual EIA-861 survey; rate-case facts are from the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission docket linked on this page. Nothing here is a utility bill; use it to understand the direction and size of changes.
Sources
- EIA-861 Sales to Ultimate Customers, 2015–2025 (released 2026-10-07)
- EIA-861M monthly state averages through Jul 2026
- NREL utility-by-ZIP lookup (2024)
